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Filmmakers Network | Community Spotlight Carmen Vincent From Minecraft Commentary YouTube Channel to Documentary Filmmaking From Minecraft Commentary YouTube Channel to now Documentary Filmmaker whose films became official selections at film festivals around the world, including the Switzerland International Film Festival, Georgia Documentary Film Festival, Chicago Film Scene TV, Wales International Documentary Festival, and Oregon… …
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Brian Price shares screenwriting insights in this exclusive interview StudentFilmmakers Magazine: Can you tell us a little bit about the evolution of screenwriting? Brian Price: I don’t know that screenwriting, as a craft, has evolved in any meaningful way beyond the superficial changes of formatting conventions or medium of delivery. We used to use a… …
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Exclusive Interview with Kenneth Dancyger Ken Dancyger is the author or co-author of seven books on screenwriting, directing, film editing and production. They are “The Technique of Film and Video Editing,” “The Director’s Idea,” “Alternative Scriptwriting,” “Writing the Short Film,” “Global Scriptwriting,” “The World of Film and Video Production,” and “Broadcast Writing.” Ken conducts… …
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“Out of Ordinary,” 2020 Student Academy Award Finalist, Alternative/Experimental Category Art, Dance, and Capturing the Quality of Movement with Alicja Pahl StudentFilmmakers Magazine: How did you approach directing this short film as a team, with choreographer Luca Signoretti and fellow cinematographer Tobias Buchmann? Alicja Pahl: The Project, “Out of Ordinary,” was implemented as part of… …
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Sidney Wolinsky, ACE has a BA in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and an MA in Film from San Francisco State College. He has worked as an assistant editor for a number of years before getting his first editing job as additional editor on “Young Doctors in Love,” Gary Marshall’s first feature film…. …
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Above behind-the-scenes photo taken by Lynne Chai. Adaptation of True Holocaust Survivor Story Caroline Friend Directs Award-Winning Student Film, “Under Darkness” StudentFilmmakers Magazine: Your award-winning short film, “Under Darkness,” is based on a true story. Can you tell us more about how you adapted the story, as well as some of the challenges you… …
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Exclusive Interview with Richard Sanchez Richard discovered editing on a whim while studying theatre at UC Irvine. Combining his love for storytelling and technology made post-production a clear path that he’s been pursuing ever since. Starting out shooting and editing videos for GoTV, one of the earliest providers of mobile video, he worked his… …
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Mine for the Gold Exclusive Interview with Wendy Hallam Martin, ACE, CCE StudentFilmmakers Magazine: What was one of your most favorite scenes to edit and why? Wendy Hallam Martin, ACE, CCE: If I had to choose just one scene to call my favourite on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” I would say the opening scene in the… …
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“Mime Your Manners” Silver Medal, 47th Student Academy Awards, Animation (Domestic Film Schools) “Mime Your Manners,” directed by Kate Namowicz and Skyler Porras, is an animated short film about an arrogant man who is given a taste of his own medicine when he’s transformed into a mime and in order to be freed must grow… …
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Since the age of six, when she built her own toy camera out of wood, Meagan has wanted to be a storyteller. Whether these stories are fact or fiction, being able to connect with people and their emotions through a visual medium is a journey she has always wanted to be on. For the last… …
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Scalia is a prolific and highly regarded editor whose work has been recognized with two Academy Awards® (“Black Hawk Down,” “JFK”), two BAFTA Awards (“Gladiator”, “JFK”), a Satellite Award (“American Gangster”), and ACE Eddies (“Black Hawk Down,” “JFK,” and “Gladiator”). For over twenty-five years, Scalia has been an integral collaborator on films from acclaimed directors… …
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Nancy grew up in the film industry relocating with her studio executive father from New York to Los Angeles when she was 6 years old. While studying film at Boston University, she quickly learned that she hated production but loved editing. She started her career as a film traffic apprentice at Lorimar Television, and through… …
